Knockdown ironing-board.



No. 813,257. PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906. E. E. TARR.

KNOGKDOWN IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1905.

luvawroz Wit nanna ELMER E. TARR, OF MOUNT VERNON, OHIO.

KNOCKDOWN IRONING-BOARD.

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Be it known that I, ELMER E. TARE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Knox and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Ironing- Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of ironing-tables, and pertains especially to such tables or boards for ironing shirts, shirtwaists, and the sleeves of these and other garments.

The object of the invention is to provide a knockdown board of such novel and peculiar construction and arrangement of parts that the latter may be assembled and disassembled in a most expeditious manner, and when assembled for use the partsv are rigidly fixed together against accidental turning or displacement, and when disassembled the parts are adapted to lie fiat together, affording compactness for storing and shipping.

A further object of the invention is to provide a knockdown ironing or pressing board of simple and inexpensive construction having a coupling-post forming. a handle by means of which the board may be conveniently carried, such post being reversible and having slotted end flanges adapted to be engaged by suitablethumb-screws projecting from the inner sides of the boards to effect said coupling.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section. Fig` 3 is a side edge elevation showing the board packed for storing or shipping, partly broken away. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the coupling-post.

The same reference-numerals denote the same parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The board-arms 1 and 2 for supporting the garmentl to be ironed may be of unequal length and of different shape for convenience in pressing or ironing garments or -wearingapparel of various character, size, and shape; yet the arms may be of the same shape and length, and in either case the arms are reversible, so that either may be used for ironing. AThe arms have screw-threaded holes 3 countersunk from the outer side for screwstuds 4, having thumb-nuts 5. The screwstuds are retained by the arms whether the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 23, 1905. Serial No. 246,940.

Patented Feb. 20, 1906.

board is in set-up or knockdown position, and when in the latter position an ordinary block of wood 6 is placed between the nuts of each pair thereof on the boards to prevent the board-surface being injured by the ends of the screws and to form a solid bearing or rest for the boards in packing them together.

The coupling-post 7 has an enlarged central portion which not only strengthens the post, but forms a convenient handle for carrying the board or adjusting it as desired. Each end of the post is provided with a circular-shaped flange 8, having a deep slot 9 and a short slot 10 opposite the slot 9. The fianges sit flat on the arms and the slots are engaged by the screw-studs for coupling the arms together without removing the thumbnuts or the studs.

In assembling the parts without removing the nuts each flange by means of its long slot is first slid on the outer studs under the outer nuts, the fianges are swung so that the short slot of each flange will be in line with the inner studs, then the fianges are' slid in the opposite direction to have the inner studs enter the short slot of each flange with the fianges under the inner nuts, and all of said nuts are screwed down to clamp the fianges to the boards.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-

1. A knockdown ironing-board comprising a pair of ironing-arms, a coupling-post having end flanges, each of said fianges having a pair of slots of unequal depth through the edge thereof, and screw-studs upon which the flanges are adapted to be slid under suitable nuts on the studs.

2. A knockdown ironing-board comprising a pair of ironing-arms having countersunk screw-threaded apertures, a couplingpost having a handle portion, fianges formed on the ends of the post having short and long slots to register with the apertures, the thumb-nuts, and the screw-studs fixed in the apertures and adapted to enter the slots without removing the thumb-nuts.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

ELMER E. TARR.

Witnesses H. A. MAoKEY, BENJAMINE BEDELL.

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